Labour Raises Prospect of a Second Referendum on Brexit
- Opposition will vote against the deal that May signs with EU
- Starmer sets out party’s strategy for high-wire months ahead
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The U.K. opposition Labour Party plans to vote down Theresa May’s divorce agreement with the European Union, and sees a second referendum as a way of avoiding a chaotic no-deal Brexit.
Labour’s Brexit policy-setter, Keir Starmer, set out what he called a “sequenced, structured,” strategy for the next few months in Parliament, when May is expected to put the Brexit deal she negotiates to lawmakers for approval. Labour will vote against the deal, and if it manages to defeat the government, the party will push for an election.